C2 - Wednesday, December 17, 1980 - North Shore News

See a Hecklephone

FROM PAGE C1

Baroque, through Classical
to Romantic, the in-
struments show a careful and
progressive evolvement with
some rather bizarre effects
including a snake's head
Russian Bassoon, which is
neither Russian, nor a
bassoon, but which sure
makes one sit up and take
notice when that particular
parade goes by, which, we
are told, is why the big
snake's head design in the
first place.

JOURNEY
THROUGH TIME

A flute owned and played
by Frederick the Great, a set
of instruments made by a
friend of Johann Bach, an
Irish harp, all serve to
transport one back to the
19th century courts of
Europe, the world of Bach,
and the mystical and musical
world of Celtic harpers and
bards.

For the more
mechanically minded there
is a plethora of instruments
to analyze and like others to
simply wonder how they
work. There are details of
a Clavicytherium, almost a
riduculously vertical harp-
sichord- type instrument,
plus a craftsman’s corner
where one can see how the
instruments were made, and
played.

There are brasses and
drums, harpsichords, spinets
and pianos and stringed

instruments, including one
which resembled a big
double bass but with only
one gut string played with a
bow. Beneath these strings,
and actually mside the “box”
a series of “sympathetic”
strings which created sound
by being vibrated as a result
of the playing of the maim
exterior gut string.

both for the laymen and the
musician. Ht is a magical
mystery voyage of the world
of music and the music
makers of history and
craftsmanship.

It can, at ames, leave one
with a feeling of sadness that
and detail is, with rare
exceptions, absent from

women

Perhaps nothing exciting
for the music lover, but a
fascinating revelation for the
layman.

And the somewhat
touching three-quarter size
violin made by the famous
Stradivari when he was 92.

How about a
Heckelphone, a Virginal or a
Walking Stick Flute? Or
banjos, guitars and lutes of
every shape and design? Or
trombones and brasses with
enough curves and bends to
make one think of an
ingenious hidden still? Or
the whimsically complex
Hurdy-Gurdy? They're all
there along with concerts,
both free and not so free:
discounts for groups and
seniors, tours, and virtually
everything one would expect
from a_ world’s fair of
musical instruments.

It is a stunning exibition

today’s world.

But, on the other hand, we
are also left with the feeling
that man does have a side of
music and beauty which is
diametrically opposed to
some of the more base sides
of human nature which at
times appear to be so
prevalent in our society.

The Look of Music is a
quiet corner of our busy
world, both present and
past, which gives a chance to
stop for a while in a world of
beauty both physical and of
sound, aad to reflect on our
directions.

If you have the slightest
sense of history, or music, or
beauty, or simply want to
look at the work of man over
400 years, this {s an
exhibition not be missed.

For information on all
aspects of the exhibition,
call the Centennial Museum
at 736-4431.

“IBRE
FACTORY

1745 MARINE DR.

WEST VANCOUVER
PHONE 922-2211

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